Q and A with timetable analysts
Meet Lilly and Sammie, two timetable analysts at Network Rail who work in the team creating the hundreds of train…
Category: Stories
Parallel tracks: celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
We’re marking International Women in Engineering Day on Monday 23 June by sharing the inspirational story of a mother-daughter engineering…
How drones will prevent one of the biggest causes of train delays
We’re using drones to deter people from going on the tracks – and prevent one of the biggest causes of…
Smart sensors, fewer delays: tackling heat on the tracks
We’re rolling out a remote temperature monitoring system that’ll help us track rail temperatures more accurately, precisely and frequently in…
Bringing more trains to West Yorkshire
A new platform zero in West Yorkshire means triple the number of daily services running between Bradford and London. That’s…
Why drainage is essential to our planned engineering works
You may be familiar with engineering works like track renewals, signalling upgrades and electrification. But less visible work – like…
Read the George Stephenson notebook online
Network Rail is proud to share one of the railway’s most historically important artefacts with the world. The rediscovery in 2018 of…
From the archive: WWII and the railway
The Network Rail archive is the custodian of a vast collection of historic documents and plans relating to today’s railway infrastructure. It…
The Railway at War – 1939-1945
“The railway was crucial in WWII … keeping the heart of Britain going.” The railway played a crucial role in…
Improving London Liverpool Street
The City of London has officially validated our planning application to develop London Liverpool Street station. It’s a big step…